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US 9,758,993 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 31, 2024 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).

Term ends Oct 28, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jun 23, 2017 as application 15/631,737 · Granted Sep 12, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Oct 28, 2010
Term ends
Oct 28, 2030
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
base term fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,988,182, to Oct 28, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
12
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 28, 2010, when application 12/914,075, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2017)Oct 28, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,988,182)resolves to Oct 28, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 28, 2030High confidence

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US 9,758,993this patent
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8 of 12 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 23, 2017
Reel 42800, frame 629
Allegretti, C. John; Raso, Anthony M.; Just, LyndonArrows Up, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 23, 2017
Reel 42800, frame 656
Nu-Way Industries, Inc.Arrows Up, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 23, 2017
Reel 42800, frame 663
Arrows Up, Inc.Arrows Up, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 6, 2018
Reel 44839, frame 267
Arrows Up, LLCPnc Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Apr 24, 2018
Reel 46014, frame 190
Arrows Up, LLCPnc Bank, National AssociationCorrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Address Previously Recorded at Reel: 044839 Frame: 0267. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Security Agreement.
May 14, 2018
Reel 46148, frame 1
Arrows Up, LLCPnc Bank, National AssociationAmended and Restated Patent Security Agreement
Jul 15, 2019
Reel 49748, frame 956
Pnc Bank, National AssociationArrows Up, LLCRelease of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Mar 12, 2020
Reel 52157, frame 915
Arrows Up, LLCSandbox Logistics, LLCIP Assignment Agreement
Oct 28, 2020
Reel 54303, frame 548
Sandbox Logistics, LLCSandbox Enterprises, LLCIP Assignment Agreement
Jul 31, 2024
Reel 68236, frame 81
Sandbox Enterprises, LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentNotice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (First Lien)

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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